Guest Opinion. As Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, I joined the celebrations across Indian Country for the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2 Brackeen v. Haaland decision upholding the Indian Child ...

The Senate hearing and grassroots movement that led to the Indian Child Welfare Act. At a 1974 Senate hearing on the Indian child welfare program, Native mothers like Cheryl Spider DeCoteau spoke ...

Police in Assam detain 3,000 men in month-long operation Crackdown leaves poor families without main breadwinner Campaigners say arrests wrong way to tackle child marriage RADHANAGAR, India, March 1 ...

In a landmark decision, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has signed Assembly Bill 81 (AB 81) into law on California Native American Day, enhancing protections for Native American children, ...

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In 1978, Congress enacted The Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. §§1901 et. seq.) to address policies which had resulted in decades of abuse of Native American children; state and private agencies ...

Last Spring, the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (“ICWA”) with a 7-2 decision in Brackeen v. Haaland. The majority opinion in that case, ...

In a surprise 7-2 ruling Thursday, the court upheld the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which protects Native children from being removed from their tribal communities for fostering or adoption ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a circuit judge’s decision requiring an American Indian child be raised by her American Indian father, rather than be placed ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Indian Child Welfare Act Court is the first of its kind in New Mexico. It’s a result of efforts by the Children, Youth & Families Department (CYFD) to apply the law to ...